Financial data analytics engine associated with a customer relationship management system

ABSTRACT

Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing financial data analytics recommendations using a data analytics engine in a customer relationship management system. The recommendations can be a lead that is information associated with a model-generated suggested consumer solution, an alert of increased risk of attrition, or an alert of increased risk of default. The data analytics engine is configured to generate target variables associated with financial products or the customer relationship and utilize modeling techniques and apply rules to generate recommendations. Operationally, the recommendations are generated based on a data analytics model. Generating the recommendations is based on feature variables that are generated based on aggregation and transformation of customer data and utilizing machine learning models to detect patterns in the customer data using the feature variables. The recommendations can be presented via a financial data analytics interface along with insights that provide plain text explanations of the recommendations.

BACKGROUND

Many companies rely on data analytics systems for computational analysisof data to discover, interpret, and communicate important patterns indata. Furthermore, data analytics systems implement predictive analysis(e.g., a forecasting system) via machine learning analyzing historicaldata aiming to predict future events. For example, a predictive modelmay analyze transactional data to identify risks and opportunities. Adata analytics system can operate on different types of datasets totrain machine learning models and applying these. For example, a datasetcan be used in a customer relationship management financial servicestool, where the dataset includes detail on the customers, accounts, andtransactions.

Conventionally, customer relationship management systems are notconfigured with a computing infrastructure and logic to provide insightsthat explain to the user—in an appropriate subject-specific anduser-tailored way and language—why the underlying models recommendcertain actions. In this way, conventional customer relationshipmanagement systems do not generate data for computer interfaces thatprovide guidance to an end-user (e.g., relationship manager) such thatthe end-user understands why the underlying model generated a particularrecommendation (or with what talking points they could address thecustomer). As such, a more comprehensive customer relationshipmanagement system—having an alternative basis for providing dataanalytics operations—improves computing operations and interfaces incustomer relationship management systems.

SUMMARY

Various aspects of the technology described herein are generallydirected to systems, methods, and computer storage media, for amongother things, providing financial data analytics recommendations(“recommendations”) using a financial data analytics engine (“analyticsengine”) in a customer relationship management system. Therecommendations can be a financial product lead (“lead”) that isinformation associated with a model-generated suggested consumersolution or an alert of increased risk of attrition. The analyticsengine is configured to generate recommendations based on generatingvalues of variables associated with financial products. The analyticsengine operates based on modeling techniques (e.g., statistical modelsand machine learning models) and rules (e.g., business rules or overlayrules). Generating the recommendations can also be based on differentdata aggregation levels (e.g., relationship-level, or customer-level)and product aggregation levels (i.e., combining products that fulfilsimilar needs while separating products that fulfill different needs).The model-generated recommendations are further enhanced in a number ofsubsequent steps. First, generating human-readable customer-specific orproduct-specific insights based on logic rules and SHAP (SHapleyAdditive exPlanations) values. Second, applying overlay rules tosuppress or change recommendations. Third, calculating an expectedmonetary impact of the recommendation (i.e., the opportunity size).

Operationally, recommendations are generated based on (i) a leadscomputation and machine learning engine and (ii) logical rules—(e.g.,statistical models, machine learning models, business rules and overlayrules). In a first step, target variables are created which indicate atwhich point in time a certain event took place (e.g., a customerpurchased a product or left the bank). In a second step, featurevariables (i.e., values for the selected feature variables associatedwith customer data) are generated by aggregation and transformation ofcustomer data. Aggregation is typically done across different timeperiods, customer accounts, and data sources. Typical datatransformations include—but are not limited to—the calculation of ratiosof feature variables (e.g., number of wire transactions over totalnumber of transactions), the calculations of trends (e.g., monthlyincrease in transaction volume), or the detection of keywords intransaction description.

In a third step, the leads computation and machine learning engineutilizes feature variables generated in the second step to identifypatterns in the data that are able to predict the events, i.e., thetarget variables created in the first step. The detected patterns can beused to predict future events and generate recommendations. Arecommendation can be generated along with insights that provide plaintext explanations of the recommendations. In particular, for example,the insights express in plain text why a particular client is likely topurchase a specific product at this specific point in time—or is likelyto leave within a specific period of time (e.g., in the next threemonths). These insights can include client-specific information that isextracted from client's data. The recommendation is caused to bepresented on a financial data analytics interface along with financialdata analytics interface elements (e.g., a dashboard and graphicalvisualizations including the financial product lead information).

This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in asimplified form that are further described below in the DetailedDescription. This Summary is not intended to identify key features oressential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended tobe used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subjectmatter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The technology described herein is described in detail below withreference to the attached drawing figures, wherein:

FIGS. 1A and 1B are block diagrams of an exemplary customer relationshipmanagement system with a financial data analytics engine, in whichembodiments described herein may be employed;

FIGS. 1C-1D are exemplary schematics associated with a customerrelationship management system with a financial data analytics engine,in which embodiments described herein may be employed;

FIGS. 2A and 2B are block diagrams of an exemplary customer relationshipmanagement system with a financial data analytics engine, in whichembodiments described herein may be employed;

FIGS. 2C-2I are exemplary schematics associated with a customerrelationship management system with a financial data analytics engine,in which embodiments described herein may be employed;

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing an exemplary method for implementing acustomer relationship management system with a financial data analyticsengine, in accordance with embodiments described herein;

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing an exemplary method for implementing acustomer relationship management system with a financial data analyticsengine, in accordance with embodiments described herein;

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram showing an exemplary method for implementing acustomer relationship management system with a financial data analyticsengine, in accordance with embodiments described herein;

FIG. 6 provides a block diagram of an exemplary distributed computingenvironment suitable for use in implementing aspects of the technologydescribed herein; and

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an exemplary computing environment suitablefor use in implementing aspects of the technology described herein.

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By way of background, a data analytics system can support performingcomputational analysis of data to discover, interpret, and communicateimportant patterns in data. Many companies (e.g., retail, manufacturing,travel, construction) implement data analytics systems to gather,monitor, track, model, and deploy data-driven insights to createcompetitive advantages. Data analytics can include business analyticsthat includes iterative explorations and investigations of past businessperformance to gain insights and drive business planning. A dataanalytics system can operate based on different types of datasets tofacilitate training machine learning models and performing predictiveanalysis. For example, a dataset can be used in a customer relationshipmanagement financial services tool, where the dataset includes detailson customers, accounts, and transactions. Large datasets can lead todifferent types of big data problems and specifically limitations inmaking decisions based on the large datasets.

Conventionally, a customer relationship management system that operatesbased on data analytics, is not configured with a computinginfrastructure and logic to provide additional human-readable insightsthat explain to the user in an appropriate subject-specific anduser-tailored way—(e.g., in the terms and language of an industry, suchas, relationship manager of bank)—why computing models recommendedcertain actions. In particular, a customer relationship managementtool—that is used by a relationship manager and facilitates workflowplanning—is not configured to intelligently aggregate and analyzedatasets, to apply rules, or to provide these types of human-readableinsights. It is, however, crucial that the end user understands why themodel came up with the given recommendations for actions. Otherwise endusers tend to question the results and—in the worst case—ignore themodel output. Furthermore, it is especially important in commercialbanking that the end user—which often is the relationship manager—getstalking points that the end user can leverage in a conversation with thecustomer.

Relationship managers in financial institutions (e.g., banks) typicallyhave a large portfolio of customers. Within these large portfolios itcan be challenging for a customer relationship manager to keep anoverview of the data and the vast options of products to offer tocustomers. Customer relationship management tools may not be configuredto predict which customers are likely to leave the bank (or churn)within a defined period of time or which customers are in need of whichspecific product at this specific point in time. It is of highestimportance to approach the customer along with an understanding of whythe customer needs a certain product at the specific point in time.Quantifying and qualifying such insights and providing the insights in aparticular manner via an interface can increase the relationshipmanagers' efficiency in selling additional solutions or preventingcustomers from leaving the bank.

Accordingly, conventional customer relationship management systems donot generate data for computer interfaces to provide guidance to the enduser such that the end user understands why computing models generatedparticular recommendations or with what talking points they couldaddress the customer. As such, a more comprehensive customerrelationship management system—having an alternative basis for providingdata analytics operations can improve computing operations andinterfaces in customer relationship management systems.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, methods,and computer storage media, for among other things, providing financialdata analytics recommendations (“recommendations”) using a financialdata analytics engine (“analytics engine”) in a customer relationshipmanagement system. The recommendations can be a financial product lead(“lead”) that is information associated with a model-generated suggestedconsumer solution or an alert of increased risk of attrition. Theanalytics engine is configured to generate recommendations based ongenerating values of variables associated with financial products. Theanalytics engine operates based on modeling techniques (e.g.,statistical models and machine learning models) and rules (e.g.,business rules or overlay rules). Generating the recommendations canalso be based on different data aggregation levels (e.g.,relationship-level, or customer-level) and product aggregation levels(i.e., combining products that fulfil similar needs while separatingproducts that fulfill different needs). The model generatedrecommendations are further enhanced in a number of subsequent steps.First, generating human-readable customer-specific or product-specificinsights based on logic rules and SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations)values. Second, applying overlay rules to suppress or changerecommendations. Third, calculating the expected monetary impact of therecommendation (i.e., the opportunity size).

By way of context, advanced analytics and machine learning approachesallow learning from data and improving analysis via data analyticssystems. Operationally, developing an advanced analytics or machinelearning model can be performed via an underlying calculation kernel(e.g., machine learning engine) that supports gathering training data,defining goals and metrics associated with training data features orattributes (e.g., product features, customer features etc.) Machinelearning techniques can include Linear/Logistic Regressions, RandomForest or Gradient Boosted Trees approaches to name a few. For example,a tree-based approach such as Random Forest or Gradient Boosted Treesthat can be trained to predict future events. Such tree-based approachesare built on decision trees. A decision tree aims to segment a customersegment into subgroups that have different target rates (e.g., a keyinterest rate that a bank uses to guide monetary policy toward thedesired economic outcomes) based on feature values.

When making a prediction for a new customer or an existing customer at adifferent point in time, the customer is assigned to one of thesubgroups based on their feature values and the predicted likelihoodcorresponds to the target rate of that subgroup. The more advancedtree-based approaches grow a large number of such decision trees andperform an average over the results, making the predictions moreaccurate and stable, or use the subsequent tree to explain the remainingerror of the previous tree. The predicted likelihood of these approachesis then used to derive a recommendation. At a high level, the machinelearning engine can further support training the models (i.e., usinghistorical data and algorithms), validation (i.e., optimizing modelparameters and hyper-parameters, as well as ensuring stability), anddeployment (e.g., integration into production use) across differenttypes of computing environments.

Financial data analytics systems can be configured to operate with acustomer relationship management system. A customer relationshipmanagement system can include a customer relationship managementcomputing environment that supports a business or other organization inadministering interactions with customers. A customer relationshipmanagement system may integrate and automate sales, marketing, andcustomer support. As such, the functionality described herein cansupport a customer relationship management system's capacity to compiledata from a range of different communication channels in order to learnabout target audiences and how best to cater to their needs to drivegrowth and retain customers.

As used herein, a target variable can refer to a variable whose valuesare to be modeled and predicted by other variables. For example, asupervised machine learning algorithm uses historical data to learnpatterns and uncover relationships between features variables of adataset and the target variables. The correct definition of targetvariables is of crucial importance for the quality of therecommendations. When the target variables are defined in a way thatthey are meaningful and actionable by a user (e.g., banking relationshipmanager) the resulting recommendations will be more helpful.

The financial data analytics engine then employs advanced statisticalmodels and machine learning algorithms, and executes subsequentoperations (e.g., application of business rules based on logical rules;generation of human-readable customer/product-specific insights based onlogical rules and SHAP values; and application of overlay rules tosuppress/change leads) to transform the predicted target variables intohelpful and actionable recommendations. The correct choice of customeraggregation level (e.g., relationship/household-level compared tocustomer-level) and product aggregation level (i.e., combining productsthat fulfil similar needs while separating products that fulfildifferent needs) is key in financial data analytics engine operations.For example, while loans and specific accounts are often considered asbeing relevant on a customer-level as each individual company has a needfor these products, other products like merchant services can berelevant at relationship/household-level as they are usually either usedby the whole relationship/household or not at all.

Moreover, insights also tend to be more meaningful at one level or theother. For example, for loans and accounts it is relevant for therelationship manager to see the current financial situation ortransaction behavior of the individual customer. But for merchantservices, it is rather interesting on relationship/household levelbecause it is unlikely that parts of the same relationship/householdwill use one merchant service solution while another part uses adifferent one. As such, it is a more interesting insight for therelationship manager which of the customers within the samerelationship/household actually use merchant services (and with whichdollar amounts) at an external provider, so that relationship managercan address the relevant person of the relationship/household and try towin the whole relationship/household over to use the bank's merchantservice solution instead. The combination of the above-identifiedelements allows the creation of precise leads that that can be presentedvia a financial data analytics interface.

Accordingly, financial data analytics recommendations can be generatedusing predictive analytics on holistic customer data (e.g., customerdata, transaction data, and product data) of a financial institution.Predictive analytics can be used to analyze the data to drive revenue,reduce cost and build loyalty for the financial institution. Predictiveanalytics can specifically include generating financial data analyticsrecommendations using data analytics models (e.g., a Next Best SolutionModel or a Retention Model). Financial data analytics recommendationscan correspond to offers that add the most value to the customer orincrease retention rates, where the financial data analyticsrecommendations are generated using a financial data analytics engineassociated with a customer relationship management system.

Aspects of the technical solution can be described by way of examplesand with reference to FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C. FIG. 1A illustrates a dataanalytics system 100 including financial data analytics engine 110,financial data analytics interfaces configuration engine 110A, financialdata analytics client 110B, financial data sources 110C, customer dataprocessing engine 120, leads computation and machine learning engine 130having statistical models and machine learning models 132 and rulesprocessing engine 140.

With reference to FIG. 1B, FIG. 1B illustrates aspects of the financialdata analytics engine 110. FIG. 1B includes financial data analyticsinterface configuration engine 110A having solutions interface data 112,retention interface data 114; customer data processing engine 120 havingmaster table 122 and variables 124; leads computation and machinelearning engine having statistical models and machine learning models132, development sample engine 134 having backward window computationmodel 134A and forward window computation model 134B, and feature table136; and rules processing engine 140 having business rules 142 andoverlay rules 144.

The financial data analytics engine operates to create a master tablethat contains data from a variety of data sources (e.g., customer data,product data, and transaction data). The data is then connected in themaster table, where all data associated with a particular customer isthen stored for a defined period of time. For example, customer dataassociated with certain variables (e.g., aggregation variables) can beaggregated into monthly data chunks. The master table can be created tohave one row per customer per month. The aggregated customer data of themaster table can include, but is not limited to, identifying a lastavailable value (e.g., month-end balance of the current account),identifying an average value (e.g., average utilization of a credit lineduring this month), identifying a sum (e.g., add the sum of alldeposits), or identify a maximum value (e.g., identify the highestoutbound transaction).

The feature variables and aggregated variables of the aggregatedcustomer data can be used to develop data analytics models, where anaggregation variable can be associated with a single month, while afeature variable is generated based on analyzing variables including theaggregation variables across multiple months. The financial dataanalytics engine stores the target variables and the feature variables(e.g., in a feature table), the feature variables are used to predictthe target variables. As discussed, the feature variables are created byaggregating the data points in the backward window to one variable,e.g., taking the highest value of the last six months, taking the lastvalue of the last six months, or calculate a trend over the last sixmonths.

The financial data analytics engine 110 supports generating adevelopment sample (i.e., training data) associated with featurevariables of a backward window (e.g., a backward window time period) andtarget variables of a forward window (e.g., a forward window timeperiod). Operationally, the development sample defines a forward windowand a backward window—associated with a defined period of time(alternatively referred to herein as “a time period”—for each customer).For example, a forward window (e.g., the six months from July toDecember of a given year) and a backward window (e.g., the six monthsfrom January to June in the same given year) can be developed forcustomers. Operationally, the backward window is used to create featurevariables based on which the actual predictions are derived. The forwardwindow is used to calculate the target variables (e.g., an indicator ifthe customer bought a product or whether the customer left the bankwithin the forward window). The models are then trained on thesedevelopment samples in order to link the feature variables created inthe backward window with the target variables in the forward window.

Moreover, training the data analytics models of the financial dataanalytics engine includes generating target variables by checkingwhether certain conditions are met within the forward window. Withreference to the target variables described above—(i.e., customer “has”and/or “has purchased” a product for Next Best Solution; customer'srevenue dropped by more than a given percentage (“soft churn”) ordropped to zero (“hard churn”) for Retention)—a determination is madewhether each target variable has a positive signal within the forwardwindow. The model input feature variables are generated using valuesfrom within the backward window—i.e., by aggregating the aggregatedvariables from the master table over the months of the backward window.These aggregations include, but are not limited to, taking the sum(e.g., add the number of transactions of the last six months),calculating the trend over time (e.g., calculate the increase/decreaseof the account balance in the last six months), and calculating thestandard deviation over time.

In this way, data analytics models are developed based on featurevariables to predict target variables. For example, feature variablesand target variables can help in predicting whether a customer purchasesa product, owned a product, significantly reduced the revenue, or evenstopped generating any revenue, where the feature variables are trackedfor predefined period of time. For example, a data analytics model(e.g., a Next Best Solution model) can be generated for predictingtarget variables for each financial product. The target variables canindicate whether (i) the customer purchased this product in this monthand/or (ii) owned the product in this month. In another example, anotherdata analytics model (e.g., a Retention model) can be generated forpredicting target variables for customer action. The target variablescan indicate whether (i) the customer had—on average—positive revenuesin the last months but zero revenue in the subsequent months (so-called“hard churn”), and/or (ii) whether the customer's average revenue fromthe last months dropped by more than a given percentage compared to theaverage of this and the subsequent months (so-called “soft churn”). Itis contemplated that the number of months over which the averages arecalculated and the threshold which is applied for soft churn or hardchurn can be varied to find the best results.

The feature table can be processed using a variety of statistical models(e.g., logistic regression/ordered logic model) and machine learningmodels (e.g., Random Forest, XGBoost, Neural Networks). The models arefitted using both target variables and feature variables for allproducts separately to find the models with the best fit. After the bestmodel is selected for each use case, i.e., product recommendation orattrition alert, these models are used to predict with which likelihooda customer purchases this product in the next months (in the forwardwindow) or with which likelihood the customer leaves the bank.Thresholds are chosen that group the leads into different levels (e.g.,high, medium, low) indicating the likelihood of a positive outcome(e.g., that the customer purchases a product or leaves the bank).

In addition to these model-based leads, further leads are created byso-called scoring model based business rules. The underlying scoringmodels are based on experience and use combinations of logicalconditions on the feature variables to generate leads. Leads aregenerated in such a way are also grouped into the different likelihoodlevels mentioned above based on the score they were assigned by thebusiness rules. For example, these business rules may include, but arenot limited to recommending a product to all customers that exceed acertain transaction volume, that have an acceptable risk class, and thathave received a large incoming payment during the past six months.Afterwards, all created leads are equipped with so-called “insights”.These insights express in plain text why a particular customer is likelyto purchase this specific product at this specific point in time—or islikely to churn within the next months.

The insight creation in general uses two approaches: (i) a combinationof logical conditions on the feature variables, and (ii) logicalconditions on the model variable importance—utilizing, for example, SHAPvalues (e.g., “A unified approach to interpreting model predictions”. S.M. Lundberg and S.-I. Lee, Advances in Neural Information ProcessingSystems 30 (2017) incorporated herein by reference) to determinevariable importance within the model. At a high value, the Shapley valueprovides a principled way to explain the predictions of nonlinear modelsin the field of machine learning. By interpreting a model trained on aset of features as a value function on a coalition of data, Shapleyvalues provide a natural way to compute which features contribute to aprediction. Insights are written in plain text and are enriched byincluding the values from the specific data fields for the customer. Inthe specific case of the scoring model based business rules the insightsare generated following approach (i).

As a last step, all leads are filtered by overlay rules that may eithersuppress leads due to certain business requirement (e.g., do notgenerate leads for savings products during times of low interest rates)or change the quality level of leads (e.g., if it is known that the bankhistorically undersold a product, it might make sense to increase thenumber of leads for this product). After the overlays are applied, theleads and insights are sent to the relationship manager to support themin offering the right products at the right time or contact customersthat have a high likelihood to churn leading to reduction in revenue forthe bank.

As such, embodiments described herein can be configured to providefinancial data analytics recommendations for a financial data analyticsengine associated with a customer relationship management system. In oneembodiment, by way of example, a machine learning model is trained topredict events as defined by the target variables based on training datacomprising, for example—but not limited to—client data, transactiondata, and product data. Data (e.g., bank's data on an ongoing basis) isanalyzed using the trained machine learning model to generate modelresults. Based on the model results, a financial data analyticsrecommendation associated with an opportunity to sell a product orassociated with a customer at risk of attrition can be generated. Thefinancial data analytics recommendation is communicated along with aplurality of insights for presentation on a financial data analyticsinterface.

With reference to FIG. 1C, FIG. 1C illustrates aspects the dataanalytics system 100 including financial data analytics engine 110provided via a web-service (e.g., web-service 150). The web-service 150can support operations and communications between computing devices inthe data analytics system 100. The web-service 150 can be implementedsuch that a plurality of users of the web-service (e.g., bank 152A, bank152B, and 152C) have corresponding operating environments for executingoperations with the web-service 150 that provide the functionalitydescribed herein. The web-service operating environment can includestandardized and tailored operating environment features. For example,the operating environment can include use case-specific algorithms 154A,bank-specific parameters 154B, bank data 154C, optional user interface154D, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) 154E, and independentand secured bank-specific environment 154F.

Turning to FIG. 1D, FIG. 1D illustrates a financial data analyticsinterface 160 associated with the financial data analytics engine 110.In particular, the financial data analytics interface 160 supportscausing display of human-readable insights that act as talking pointsfor a relationship manager and improves targeted processing andcorresponding interfaces. The financial data analytics interface 160 caninclude leads interface portion 162 having leads (e.g., lead 164 andlead 166) for a product and a client and corresponding insights (e.g.,insight 164A and insight 166A). For example, a lead can suggest that arelationship manager sell a specific product to a specific client. Leadsare displayed in combination with insights that highlight informationabout the client that is extraordinary and explains why this particularclient needs this specific product at this point in time.

Aspects of the technical solution can be described by way of examplesand with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B. FIG. 2A is a block diagram of anexemplary technical solution environment, based on example environmentsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 for use in implementingembodiments of the technical solution are shown. Generally, thetechnical solution environment includes a technical solution systemsuitable for providing the example data analytics system 100 in whichmethods of the present disclosure may be employed. In particular, FIG.2A shows a high-level architecture of the data analytics system 100 inaccordance with implementations of the present disclosure. Among otherengines, managers, generators, selectors, or components not shown(collectively referred to herein as “components”), the technicalsolution environment of data analytics system 100 corresponds to FIGS.1A and 1B.

With reference to FIG. 2A, FIG. 2A illustrates data analytics system 100including financial data analytics engine 110, financial data analyticsinterfaces configuration engine 110A, customer relationship managementclient device 110D, financial data analytics engine client 110B,customer data processing engine 120, leads computation and machinelearning engine 130, and rules processing engine 140. With reference toFIG. 2B, FIG. 2B includes the financial data analytics interfaceconfiguration engine 110A having solutions interface data 112, retentioninterface data 114; customer data processing engine 120 having mastertable 122 and supplemental variables 124; leads computation and machinelearning engine having statistical models and machine learning models132, development sample engine 134 having backward window computationmodel 134A and forward window computation model 134B, and feature table136; and rules processing engine 140 having business rules 142 andoverlay rules 144.

The financial data analytics engine 110 supports providing financialdata analytics recommendations in a customer relationship managementsystem associated with the customer relationship management clientdevice (e.g., customer relationship management client device 110D). Thecustomer relationship management device is associated with a customerrelationship management system that supports compiling data from a rangeof different communication channels in order to learn about targetaudiences and how best to cater to their needs to drive growth andretain customers.

The financial data analytics recommendations can be presented using afinancial data analytics engine client (e.g., financial data analyticsengine client) that is associated with a financial data analyticsinterface. The financial data analytics recommendations can includefinancial product lead information that is associated with amodel-generated suggested consumer solution or an alert of increasedrisk of attrition (or default). The financial data analyticsrecommendation can be configured for presentation based on financialdata analytics recommendations interface elements generated via thefinancial data analytics engine (e.g., financial data analyticsinterface configuration engine 110A having a solution interface data 112and retention interface data). In particular, financial data analyticsrecommendations interface elements for suggested consumer solutions caninclude solutions interface data (e.g., solutions interface data 112)and financial data analytics interface elements for an alert ofincreased risk of attrition can include retention interface data (e.g.,retention interface data 114). The solution interface data and retentioninterface data can include insights that express in plain text therecommendations. The solution interface data and the retention interfacedata correspond to interface elements described with reference to FIG.2C-2I.

The customer data processing engine 120 processes customer data(including input data). Processing customer data can include aggregatingthe customer data at different aggregation levels. For example, dataaggregation levels (e.g., relationship-level or customer-level) andproduct aggregation levels (i.e., combining products that fulfil similarneeds while separating products that fulfill different needs). Thedifferent aggregation levels support generating the financial dataanalytics recommendations. Data associated with feature variables (e.g.,variables 124) is aggregated and transformed from customer data, whereaggregation is associated with different time periods, customeraccounts, and data sources. The customer data processing engine 120further supports a master table 122 and associated with relevantvariables 124 from customer data. The master table 122 that containsdata from a variety of data sources (e.g., customer data, product data,and transaction data). The data is then connected in the master table,where all data associated with a particular customer is then stored fora defined period of time.

The leads computation and machine learning engine 130 computes andstores the target variables (e.g., target variables 138) and the featurevariables (e.g., feature table 136) that are used to predict the targetvariables. Training data (e.g., development sample of the developmentsample engine 134) is associated with feature variables of a backwardwindow (e.g., a backward window time period) and target variables of aforward window (e.g., a forward window time period). Operationally, thedevelopment sample defines a forward window and a backwardwindow—associated with a defined period of time. Operations associatedwith the backward window can be performed via the backward windowcomputation model 134A and operations associated with the forward windowcan be performed via the forward window computation model 134B.Statistical models and machine learning models 132 can include—but arenot limited to—logistic regression or ordered logic models andtree-based machine learning models (e.g., Random Forest or GradientBoosted Trees) respectively, that can be trained to predict futureevents.

The feature variables are created by aggregating the data points in thebackward window to one variable (e.g., taking the highest value of thelast six months, taking the last value of the last six months, calculatea trend over the last six months). The target variables are generatedbased on checking whether certain conditions are met within the forwardwindow. At a high level, leads computation and machine learning engine130 supports detecting patterns in customer data using feature variables(e.g., variables 124) from the customer data processing engine 120. Thedetected patterns can be used to predict futures events and generaterecommendations.

The leads computation and machine learning engine 130 also supportsgenerating the human-readable customer-specific or product specificinsights logic rules and SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) values.The leads computation and machine learning engine 130 further supportscalculating an expected monetary impact of the financial data analyticsrecommendation as an opportunity size (i.e., a quantified value or rangeof values to a potential impact of a course of action). The rulesprocessing engine 140 including business rules 142 and overlay rules cansupport identifying a subset of financial data analytics recommendationsfor a global set of financial data analytics recommendations. The rulesprocessing engine 140 operates to apply business rules based on ascoring model that uses logical conditions on feature variables togenerate leads and further apply overlay rules that suppress or changeleads in the financial data analytics recommendations.

With reference to FIG. 2B, FIG. 2B includes the financial data analyticsengine 210 that supports performing operations to provide financial dataanalytics recommendations. At block 10, aggregate customer data that isrelevant to generating target variables or predicting target variables(feature variables). At block 12, generate a master table comprising theaggregated customer data. At block 14, identify feature variables for adata analytics opportunities recommendation model (e.g., a Next BestSolution Model). At block 16, identify feature variables for a dataanalytics risks recommendation model (e.g., Retention Model).

At block 18, generate a development sample, the development sampleincludes a forward window and a backward window associated with adefined period of time. At block 20, store feature variables of thebackward window in a feature table. The feature variables are inputparameters for the data analytics models. At block 22, generate a targetvariable based on whether the feature variables have a positive signalwithin the forward window. At block 24, based on the feature table andmodeling techniques, identify best-fit models for target variables forproducts (separately) or alert for increased risk of attrition. At block26, select a best model that is used to predict model-based leads (i.e.,a likelihood that a customer purchases a product or a likelihood of analert for increased risk of attrition).

At block 28, using one or more thresholds, group leads into differentlevels indicating a quality of the lead. At block 30, assign leadsinsights. Insights explain in plain text why a particular customer islikely to (i) purchase a corresponding product during the specific timeperiod of time; or (ii) churn within the specified time period. At block32, filter leads based on overlay rules. Filtering the leads suppressesleads due to certain business requirements or changes the quality levelof leads. At block 34, communicate leads for presentation on a financialdata analytics interface.

With reference to FIGS. 2C-2I, FIG. 2C-2I illustrates aspects—interfacerepresentations—associated with the financial data analytics engine 110,the financial data analytics interfaces configuration engine 110A, andthe financial data analytics engine client 110B. At a high level, thefinancial data analytics interfaces configuration engine 110A operatesto generate interface data (e.g., solutions interface data 112 andretention interface data 114). Interface data includes user interfaceelements, financial data analytics data, and instructions on how togenerate corresponding user interfaces that support interactions betweenusers and the customer relationship management system.

User interfaces allow effective operation and control by users while thecustomer relationship management system simultaneously perform computingoperations. Interface data can include graphical user interfaces thatallow users to interact with the customer relationship management system(e.g., customer relationship management tool) through graphical userinterface elements. A graphical user interface can include a dashboardthat provides a visual display of data (e.g., solutions interface data114 and retention interface data). The solution interface data andretention interface data can specifically include human-readableinsights (e.g., plain-text or text-based graphical user interfaceelements) that explain to the user in an appropriate subject-specificand user-tailored way why computing models recommended certain actions.

With reference to FIGS. 2C and 2D, FIGS. 2C and 2D illustrate afinancial data analytics interface dashboard 200 (“dashboard”) thatprovides at-a-glance views and detail views of key performanceindicators relevant to the financial data analytics engine functionalitydescribed herein. The dashboard 200 can be used to cause display ofinformation associated with model-generated suggested consumer solutionsor alerts of increased risk of attrition. The dashboard 200 can includeinterface elements associated with Next Best Solution (e.g., Next BestSolution icon 202) and Retention (e.g., Retention icon 204).

As shown in FIG. 2C, the dashboard 200 can include global summary ofNext Best Solution data (e.g., a Next Best Solution interface portion210 that includes leads summary information including: total leads, openleads, shortlisted revenue, and shortlisted leads). The dashboard 200can include a Leads By Relationship interface portion 212 that can beused to display leads based on selected ranking and sorting criteria. Asshown in FIG. 2D, the dashboard 200 can include global summary ofretention data (e.g., retention interface portion 220 that includes riskof attrition summary information including: total revenues at risk, openalerts, shortlisted alerts, and expected attrition). The dashboard 200can include a Relationships at Risk of Attrition interface portion 222that can be used to display leads based on selected ranking and sortingcriteria.

Turning to FIGS. 2E and 2F, FIG. 2E illustrates a Next Best Solutioninterface portion 230 that includes revenues from next best solutionleads summary data and a visualization 212 associated with the data.FIG. 2F illustrates a retention interface portion 240 that includesrevenues from clients at high or medium risk of attrition summary data242 and a visualization associated with the data. As shown in FIG. 2G,FIG. 2G displays recommendation data for loans for a first customer(i.e., ABC Group 250; additional loans 252) and a second customer (i.e.,DEF Group 26; first-time loan 262), where the recommendation dataincludes insights that provide plain text explanations. For example,insight 254 recites “Client's transaction volume has increased by atleast 73% in the past year.”) and insight 264 “Client uses ACHorigination.” FIG. 2H illustrates different categories (e.g., EstimatedAnnual Revenue, Best in Class, Likelihood and Status) for sorting andpresenting the financial data analytics recommendations. The attributesof the category can be visualizations (e.g., Likelihood visualization270A and 270B) or text (e.g., Status: Shortlisted 272A and Status: OpenLead 27B).

With reference to FIG. 2I, FIG. 2I illustrates a relationship viewinterface 280 of the dashboard 200. The relation view interface 280 candisplay relationship information (e.g., last 12 month revenue anddeposit balance) and provide selectable icons for Next Best Solution(e.g., Next Best Solution icon 282A) and Retention (e.g., Retention icon282B) for view corresponding information (e.g., visualizations andrecommendation data including insights). For example, icon Retentionicon 282B can be selected to show attrition visualization 284 andinsights for attrition 286. Other variations and combinations ofdashboard features that correspond to data associated with Next BestSolution and Retention in accordance with embodiments described hereinare contemplated.

Exemplary Methods

With reference to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 , flow diagrams are providedillustrating methods for providing financial data analyticsrecommendations for a financial data analytics engine association with acustomer relationship management system. The methods may be performedusing the data analytics system described herein. In embodiments, one ormore computer-storage media having computer-executable orcomputer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, byone or more processors can cause the one or more processors to performthe methods (e.g., computer-implemented method) in the customerrelationship management system (e.g., a computerized system or computingsystem).

Turning to FIG. 3 , a flowing diagram is provided that illustrates amethod 300 for providing financial data analytics recommendations for afinancial data analytics engine associated with a customer relationshipmanagement system. At block 302 train a predictive machine learningmodel based on training data comprising client data, transaction data,and product data. At block 304, analyze, using the machine learningmodel, input data of a customer that is managed via a customerrelationship management system. At block 306, based on analyzing theinput data, generate a financial data analytics recommendationassociated with an opportunity to sell a product. At block 308,communicate the financial data analytics recommendation along with aplurality of insights for presentation on a financial data analyticsinterface.

Turning to FIG. 4 , a flowing diagram is provided that illustrates amethod 400 for providing financial data analytics recommendations for afinancial data analytics engine associated with a customer relationshipmanagement system. At block 402 train a machine learning model based ontraining data comprising client data, transaction data, and productdata. At block 404, analyze, using the predictive machine learningmodel, input data of a customer that is managed via a customerrelationship management system. At block 406, based on analyzing theinput data, generate a financial data analytics recommendationassociated with a customer at risk of attrition. At block 408,communicate the financial data analytics recommendation along with aplurality of insights for presentation on a financial data analyticsinterface.

Turning to FIG. 5 , a flowing diagram is provided that illustrates amethod 500 for providing financial data analytics recommendations for afinancial data analytics engine associated with a customer relationshipmanagement system. At block 502, communicate, from a data analyticsengine client, a request for financial data analytics recommendation. Atblock 504, based on the request, receive a first financial dataanalytics recommendation and a second financial data analyticsrecommendation. The first financial data analytics recommendation isassociated with an opportunity to sell a product and the secondfinancial data analytics recommendation is associated with a customerrisk of attrition. At block 506, cause presentation of the firstfinancial data analytics recommendation in combination with a firstplurality of insights. At block 508, cause presentation of the secondfinancial data analytics recommendation in combination with a secondplurality of insights.

Additional Support for Detailed Description of the Invention ExampleDistributed Computing System Environment

Referring now to FIG. 6 , FIG. 6 illustrates an example distributedcomputing environment 600 in which implementations of the presentdisclosure may be employed. In particular, FIG. 6 shows a high-levelarchitecture of an example cloud computing platform 610 that can host atechnical solution environment, or a portion thereof (e.g., a datatrustee environment). It should be understood that this and otherarrangements described herein are set forth only as examples. Forexample, as described above, many of the elements described herein maybe implemented as discrete or distributed components or in conjunctionwith other components, and in any suitable combination and location.Other arrangements and elements (e.g., machines, interfaces, functions,orders, and groupings of functions) can be used in addition to orinstead of those shown.

Data centers can support distributed computing environment 600 thatincludes cloud computing platform 610, rack 620, and node 630 (e.g.,computing devices, processing units, or blades) in rack 620. Thetechnical solution environment can be implemented with cloud computingplatform 610 that runs cloud services across different data centers andgeographic regions. Cloud computing platform 610 can implement fabriccontroller 640 component for provisioning and managing resourceallocation, deployment, upgrade, and management of cloud services.Typically, cloud computing platform 610 acts to store data or runservice applications in a distributed manner. Cloud computinginfrastructure 610 in a data center can be configured to host andsupport operation of endpoints of a particular service application.Cloud computing infrastructure 610 may be a public cloud, a privatecloud, or a dedicated cloud.

Node 630 can be provisioned with host 650 (e.g., operating system orruntime environment) running a defined software stack on node 630. Node630 can also be configured to perform specialized functionality (e.g.,compute nodes or storage nodes) within cloud computing platform 610.Node 630 is allocated to run one or more portions of a serviceapplication of a tenant. A tenant can refer to a customer utilizingresources of cloud computing platform 610. Service applicationcomponents of cloud computing platform 610 that support a particulartenant can be referred to as a tenant infrastructure or tenancy. Theterms service application, application, or service are usedinterchangeably herein and broadly refer to any software, or portions ofsoftware, that run on top of, or access storage and compute devicelocations within, a datacenter.

When more than one separate service application is being supported bynodes 630, nodes 630 may be partitioned into virtual machines (e.g.,virtual machine 652 and virtual machine 654). Physical machines can alsoconcurrently run separate service applications. The virtual machines orphysical machines can be configured as individualized computingenvironments that are supported by resources 660 (e.g., hardwareresources and software resources) in cloud computing platform 610. It iscontemplated that resources can be configured for specific serviceapplications. Further, each service application may be divided intofunctional portions such that each functional portion is able to run ona separate virtual machine. In cloud computing platform 610, multipleservers may be used to run service applications and perform data storageoperations in a cluster. In particular, the servers may perform dataoperations independently but exposed as a single device referred to as acluster. Each server in the cluster can be implemented as a node.

Client device 680 may be linked to a service application in cloudcomputing platform 610. Client device 680 may be any type of computingdevice, which may correspond to computing device 600 described withreference to FIG. 6 , for example, client device 680 can be configuredto issue commands to cloud computing platform 610. In embodiments,client device 680 may communicate with service applications through avirtual Internet Protocol (IP) and load balancer or other means thatdirect communication requests to designated endpoints in cloud computingplatform 610. The components of cloud computing platform 610 maycommunicate with each other over a network (not shown), which mayinclude, without limitation, one or more local area networks (LANs)and/or wide area networks (WANs).

Example Distributed Computing Environment

Having briefly described an overview of embodiments of the presentinvention, an example operating environment in which embodiments of thepresent invention may be implemented is described below in order toprovide a general context for various aspects of the present invention.Referring initially to FIG. 7 in particular, an example operatingenvironment for implementing embodiments of the present invention isshown and designated generally as computing device 700. Computing device700 is but one example of a suitable computing environment and is notintended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use orfunctionality of the invention. Neither should computing device 700 beinterpreted as having any dependency or requirement relating to any oneor combination of components illustrated.

The invention may be described in the general context of computer codeor machine-useable instructions, including computer-executableinstructions such as program modules, being executed by a computer orother machine, such as a personal data assistant or other handhelddevice. Generally, program modules including routines, programs,objects, components, data structures, etc. refer to code that performparticular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Theinvention may be practiced in a variety of system configurations,including hand-held devices, consumer electronics, general-purposecomputers, more specialty computing devices, etc. The invention may alsobe practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks areperformed by remote-processing devices that are linked through acommunications network.

With reference to FIG. 7 , computing device 700 includes bus 710 thatdirectly or indirectly couples the following devices: memory 712, one ormore processors 714, one or more presentation components 716,input/output ports 718, input/output components 720, and illustrativepower supply 722. Bus 710 represents what may be one or more buses (suchas an address bus, data bus, or combination thereof). The various blocksof FIG. 7 are shown with lines for the sake of conceptual clarity, andother arrangements of the described components and/or componentfunctionality are also contemplated. For example, one may consider apresentation component such as a display device to be an I/O component.Also, processors have memory. We recognize that such is the nature ofthe art, and reiterate that the diagram of FIG. 7 is merely illustrativeof an example computing device that can be used in connection with oneor more embodiments of the present invention. Distinction is not madebetween such categories as “workstation,” “server,” “laptop,” “hand-helddevice,” etc., as all are contemplated within the scope of FIG. 7 andreference to “computing device.”

Computing device 700 typically includes a variety of computer-readablemedia. Computer-readable media can be any available media that can beaccessed by computing device 700 and includes both volatile andnonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. By way of example,and not limitation, computer-readable media may comprise computerstorage media and communication media.

Computer storage media include volatile and nonvolatile, removable andnon-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storageof information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures,program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, but isnot limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memorytechnology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical diskstorage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage orother magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used tostore the desired information and which can be accessed by computingdevice 700. Computer storage media excludes signals per se.

Communication media typically embodies computer-readable instructions,data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated datasignal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includesany information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” means asignal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed insuch a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example,and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as awired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such asacoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media. Combinations of any ofthe above should also be included within the scope of computer-readablemedia.

Memory 712 includes computer storage media in the form of volatileand/or nonvolatile memory. The memory may be removable, non-removable,or a combination thereof. Exemplary hardware devices include solid-statememory, hard drives, optical-disc drives, etc. Computing device 700includes one or more processors that read data from various entitiessuch as memory 712 or I/O components 720. Presentation component(s) 716present data indications to a user or other device. Exemplarypresentation components include a display device, speaker, printingcomponent, vibrating component, etc.

I/O ports 718 allow computing device 700 to be logically coupled toother devices including I/O components 720, some of which may be builtin. Illustrative components include a microphone, joystick, game pad,satellite dish, scanner, printer, wireless device, etc.

Additional Structural and Functional Features of Embodiments of theTechnical Solution

Having identified various components utilized herein, it should beunderstood that any number of components and arrangements may beemployed to achieve the desired functionality within the scope of thepresent disclosure. For example, the components in the embodimentsdepicted in the figures are shown with lines for the sake of conceptualclarity. Other arrangements of these and other components may also beimplemented. For example, although some components are depicted assingle components, many of the elements described herein may beimplemented as discrete or distributed components or in conjunction withother components, and in any suitable combination and location. Someelements may be omitted altogether. Moreover, various functionsdescribed herein as being performed by one or more entities may becarried out by hardware, firmware, and/or software, as described below.For instance, various functions may be carried out by a processorexecuting instructions stored in memory. As such, other arrangements andelements (e.g., machines, interfaces, functions, orders, and groupingsof functions) can be used in addition to or instead of those shown.

Embodiments described in the paragraphs below may be combined with oneor more of the specifically described alternatives. In particular, anembodiment that is claimed may contain a reference, in the alternative,to more than one other embodiment. The embodiment that is claimed mayspecify a further limitation of the subject matter claimed.

The subject matter of embodiments of the invention is described withspecificity herein to meet statutory requirements. However, thedescription itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent.Rather, the inventors have contemplated that the claimed subject mattermight also be embodied in other ways, to include different steps orcombinations of steps similar to the ones described in this document, inconjunction with other present or future technologies. Moreover,although the terms “step” and/or “block” may be used herein to connotedifferent elements of methods employed, the terms should not beinterpreted as implying any particular order among or between varioussteps herein disclosed unless and except when the order of individualsteps is explicitly described.

For purposes of this disclosure, the word “including” has the same broadmeaning as the word “comprising,” and the word “accessing” comprises“receiving,” “referencing,” or “retrieving.” Further the word“communicating” has the same broad meaning as the word “receiving,” or“transmitting” facilitated by software or hardware-based buses,receivers, or transmitters using communication media described herein.In addition, words such as “a” and “an,” unless otherwise indicated tothe contrary, include the plural as well as the singular. Thus, forexample, the constraint of “a feature” is satisfied where one or morefeatures are present. Also, the term “or” includes the conjunctive, thedisjunctive, and both (a or b thus includes either a or b, as well as aand b).

For purposes of a detailed discussion above, embodiments of the presentinvention are described with reference to a distributed computingenvironment; however the distributed computing environment depictedherein is merely exemplary. Components can be configured for performingnovel aspects of embodiments, where the term “configured for” can referto “programmed to” perform particular tasks or implement particularabstract data types using code. Further, while embodiments of thepresent invention may generally refer to the technical solutionenvironment and the schematics described herein, it is understood thatthe techniques described may be extended to other implementationcontexts.

Embodiments of the present invention have been described in relation toparticular embodiments which are intended in all respects to beillustrative rather than restrictive. Alternative embodiments willbecome apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which thepresent invention pertains without departing from its scope.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that this invention is one welladapted to attain all the ends and objects hereinabove set forthtogether with other advantages which are obvious and which are inherentto the structure.

It will be understood that certain features and sub-combinations are ofutility and may be employed without reference to other features orsub-combinations. This is contemplated by and is within the scope of theclaims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A computerized system comprising: one or morecomputer processors; and computer memory storing computer-useableinstructions that, when used by the one or more computer processors,cause the one or more computer processors to perform operationscomprising: accessing, at a financial data analytics engine, input dataof a customer that is managed via a customer relationship managementsystem, wherein the financial data analytics engine is associated withfeature variables that are linked to target variables; analyzing theinput data using the financial data analytics engine comprising a leadscomputation engine and machine learning engine associated withstatistical models and machine learning models; based on analyzing theinput data using the financial data analytics engine, generating afinancial data analytics recommendation comprising financial productlead information associated with the feature variables and the targetvariables; and communicating, for presentation on a financial dataanalytics interface, the financial data analytics recommendation alongwith a plurality of insights, based on the feature variables and thetarget variables, that provide human-readable explanations for thefinancial data analytics recommendation.
 2. The system of claim 1,wherein the financial data analytics engine is configured to: accesstraining data comprising customer data, transaction data, and productdata; train, using the training data, a predictive machine learningmodel that supports generating a first financial data analyticsrecommendation along with a first plurality insights and a secondfinancial data analytics recommendation along with a second pluralityinsights, wherein the first data analytics recommendation is associatedwith an opportunity to sell a product and the second data analyticsrecommendation is associated with a customer risk of attrition, whereinthe first plurality of insights or the second plurality of insights arehuman-readable customer-specific or product-specific insights based onlogic rules, the first plurality of insights or the second plurality ofinsights are presentable via a financial data analytics interface; anddeploy, via the customer relationship management system, the predictivemachine learning model to support analysis of the input data that causesgeneration of the of the first financial data analytics recommendationor the second financial data analytics recommendation.
 3. The system ofclaim 2, wherein training the predictive machine learning model is basedon aggregating the training data based on selected data aggregationlevels and product aggregation levels.
 4. The system of claim 2, whereinthe training data is associated with the feature variables correspondingto a backward window time period and the target variables correspondingto a forward window time period, wherein the backward window time periodsupports generating values of the feature variables and the forwardwindow time period supports generating values of the target variables.5. The system of claim 2, wherein the predictive machine learning modelis trained based on a tree-based approach that identifies customersegments as subgroups having different target rates based on featurevariable values of customers.
 6. The system of claim 2, wherein thefinancial data analytics recommendation is generated based in part onassigning the customer to a subgroup based on feature variable values ofthe customer and a predicted likelihood that the customer corresponds tothe target rate of the subgroup.
 6. The system of claim 1, theoperations further comprising using one or more thresholds to groupfinancial product lead information into different levels indicating aquality of the lead.
 7. The system of claim 1, the operations furthercomprising assigning a financial product lead information insight thatexplains why the customer is likely to purchase a corresponding productduring a specified time period.
 8. The system of claim 1, the operationsfurther comprising assigning a financial product lead informationinsight that explain why the customer is to churn within the specifiedtime period.
 9. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprisingcalculating an expected monetary impact of the financial data analyticsrecommendation.
 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the financial productlead information of financial data analytics recommendation includes aspecific product and a specific point in time that is included in the aninsight from the plurality of insights.
 11. The system of claim 1,wherein the financial data analytics interface comprises financial dataanalytics interface elements associated with solution interface data.12. The system of claim 1, wherein the financial data analyticsinterface comprises financial data analytics interface elementsassociated with retention interface data.
 13. The system of claim 1, theoperations further comprising causing presentation of the plurality ofinsights on the financial data analytics interface of the customerrelationship management system as a talking point for the customer. 14.The system of claim
 13. wherein the financial data analytics enginecomprises a statistical model and a predictive machine learning modelthat are fitted to the feature variables and the target variables of aplurality of products to identify a best fit model for the plurality ofproducts or an alert for increased risk of attrition of the customer.15. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executableinstructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing systemhaving a processor and memory, cause the processor to: access trainingdata comprising client data, transaction data, and product data, whereinthe training data is associated with feature variables that are linkedto target variables; use the training data to train a predictive machinelearning model that supports generating a first financial data analyticsrecommendation along with a first plurality insights and a secondfinancial data analytics recommendation along with a second pluralityinsights, wherein the first data analytics recommendation is associatedwith an opportunity to sell a product and the second data analyticsrecommendation is associated with a customer risk of attrition, whereinthe first plurality of insights or the second plurality of insights arehuman-readable customer-specific or product-specific insights based onlogic rules, the first plurality of insights or the second plurality ofinsights are presentable via a financial data analytics interface; anddeploy, via a customer relationship management system, the predictivemachine learning model to support analysis of input data that causesgeneration of the of the first financial data analytics recommendationor the second financial data analytics recommendation.
 16. The media ofclaim 15, wherein the training data is associated with the featurevariables corresponding to a backward window time period and the targetvariables corresponding to a forward window time period, wherein thebackward window time period supports generating values of the featurevariables and the forward window time period supports generating valuesof the target variables.
 17. The media of claim 15, further comprisingcausing the processor to cause generation of the first financial dataanalytics recommendation along with the first plurality insights and thesecond financial data analytics recommendation along with the secondplurality insights is based on: detecting, using the predictive machinelearning model, patterns in input data associated with the featurevariables; based on the detected patterns, generating values for targetvariables that are based on values of the feature variables; based ongenerating the values for the target variables, generating a global setof financial data analytics recommendations having lead informationassociated with the feature variables and the target variables applyingbusiness rules based on a scoring model to filter the global set offinancial data analytics recommendations; applying overlay rules tosuppress or change the global set of financial data analyticsrecommendations; and communicating, for presentation on a financial dataanalytics interface, the first financial data analytics recommendationalong with the first plurality insights and the second financial dataanalytics recommendation along with the second plurality insights.
 18. Acomputer-implemented method, the method comprising: accessing, at afinancial data analytics engine, input data of a customer that ismanaged via a customer relationship management system, wherein thefinancial data analytics engine is associated with feature variablesthat are linked to target variables; analyzing the input data using thefinancial data analytics engine comprising a leads computation engineand machine learning engine associated with statistical models andmachine learning models; based on analyzing the input data using thefinancial data analytics engine, generating a financial data analyticsrecommendation comprising financial product lead information associatedwith the feature variables and the target variables; and communicating,for presentation on a financial data analytics interface, the financialdata analytics recommendation along with a plurality of insights, basedon the feature variables and the target variables, that providehuman-readable explanations for the financial data analyticsrecommendation.
 19. The method of claim 18, the method furthercomprising: accessing training data comprising customer data,transaction data, and product data; training, using the training data, apredictive machine learning model that supports generating a firstfinancial data analytics recommendation along with a first pluralityinsights and a second financial data analytics recommendation along witha second plurality insights, wherein the first data analyticsrecommendation is associated with an opportunity to sell a product andthe second data analytics recommendation is associated with a customerrisk of attrition, wherein the first plurality of insights or the secondplurality of insights are human-readable customer-specific orproduct-specific insights based on logic rules, the first plurality ofinsights or the second plurality of insights are presentable via afinancial data analytics interface; and deploy, via the customerrelationship management system, the predictive machine learning model tosupport analysis of the input data that causes generation of the of thefirst financial data analytics recommendation or the second financialdata analytics recommendation.
 20. The method of claim 18, wherein thefinancial product lead information of the financial data analyticsrecommendation includes a specific product and a specific point in timethat is included in an insight from the plurality of insights.